External debt: $180 million (1994)
Economic aid: recipient: ODA, $NA note: French aid $600 million (1989-93); EU aid $137 million
Currency: 1 French franc (F) = 100 centimes
Exchange rates: French francs (F) per US$1 - 5.0056 (January 1996), 4.9915 (1995), 5.5520 (1994), 5.6632 (1993), 5.2938 (1992), 5.6421 (1991)
Fiscal year: calendar year
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Railways: 0 km
Highways: total: 1,690 km paved: 1,300 km unpaved: 390 km
Ports: Fort-de-France, La Trinite
Merchant marine: none